H OW M O R A L H A Z A R D A F F E C T S T H E C H O I C E
B E TW E E N D E B T A N D E Q U I TY C O N T R AC T S
Moral hazard is the asymmetric information problem that occurs after the financial
transaction takes place, when the seller of a security may have incentives to hide
information and engage in activities that are undesirable for the purchaser of the
security. Moral hazard has important consequences for whether a firm finds it
easier to raise funds with debt than with equity contracts.
Equity contracts, such as common stock, are claims to a share in the profits and
assets of a business. Equity contracts are subject to a particular type of moral hazard
called the
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